[ELMS] ELMS 2013 Discussion

[MitchZ06]

You're right there, the 12C GT3 in the hands of good teams and drivers (Hexis mainly) is a hard car to beat.



And yeah, that splitter is alot bigger!

[lucky snake]

it seems that they are testing the car with pirelli tyres. Not the best option for sure. The air take now are larger and square shaped

[Rodger Davies]

Originally Posted by lucky snake

it seems that they are testing the car with pirelli tyres. Not the best option for sure.

But the only option in BES/GTS, so makes sense to.

[lucky snake]

will the pirelli tyres become mandatory also for BES in 2013? ok let's forget to see again pole position of 2.19 at spa.

[Simmi]

Interesting potential entry for Silverstone - Elton Julian's DragonSpeed with the Audi R8 in GTC.

http://www.endurance-info.com/versio...nce-15194.html

[Victor_RO]

Autosport (digital edition) reports today that Jota has entered their Zytek for the 2013 ELMS and Le Mans+Spa WEC, with drivers Simon Dolan and Oliver Turvey.

[lms]

"OREX to run ex RML LMP2 HPD in 2013 ELMS - Dean Stirling to drive"

(says dsceditor)

[The Badger]

Anyone got an updates ELMS list please ..... its starting to look ok , I think ?

Will the chassis be updated ?

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by The Badger

Anyone got an updates ELMS list please ..... its starting to look ok , I think ?

Will the chassis be updated ?

Entry list starting to gather a tiny bit of momentum, from the Endurance-Info and DSC reports so far I would gather the following confirmed/likely entries:

Boutsen Ginion Racing - LMP2 (1 car), LMPC (possibly 1 car)
Thiriet by TDS Racing - LMP2 (1 car), GTC (possibly 1 car)
Pro GT by Almeras - GTC (1 or 2 cars?)
JMB Racing - GTE (1 car? Pro or Am?)
RAM Racing - GTE (2 cars)
Morand Racing - LMP2 (1 car)
AF Racing International - LMP2 (1 car?)
Jota - LMP2 (1 car)
Sebastien Loeb Racing - LMP2 (1 car)
OREX Racing - LMP2 (1 car)

So far 10-15 cars confirmed or likely, I would suspect more are on their way, Oreca have arrive-and-drive packages for LMPC and that might put another 3-4 cars on the grid, Greaves Motorsport have 3 cars and may run one in the ELMS if drivers are found for it. So an optimistic entry list at this moment is around the 20-car mark.

[rdjones]

Originally Posted by lms

"OREX to run ex RML LMP2 HPD in 2013 ELMS - Dean Stirling to drive"

(says dsceditor)

Does anyone have anymore on OREX. It is also worth pointing out that Dean Stirling shared a car in the Speed Series with Mike Newton last year so there is a link here.

[Coach Ep]

Graham Goodwin ‏@dsceditor

@johndagys OREX is a newly renamed team - Dave Beecroft to Manage - Orex is Xero reversed

[Simmi]

Looking pretty good to me is that list. Can't wait for Silverstone to be able to see both grids. One full race would be epic but this is a close second.

[Juntos]

Just missing a couple of GT3 entries. Reaction - It was okay...

[rdjones]

Originally Posted by Coach Ep

Graham Goodwin ‏@dsceditor

And there lies another link to Mike Newton as Xero ran his Ford Falcon in the Britcar 24 Hours a few years back and think they are involved with the Tiga that Mike ran in Speed Series last year.

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by rdjones

And there lies another link to Mike Newton as Xero ran his Ford Falcon in the Britcar 24 Hours a few years back and think they are involved with the Tiga that Mike ran in Speed Series last year.

And DSC also reports that the car itself is still owned by Mike Newton.

[Coach Ep]

Believe AF Corse was also planning on entering a car in GTE(-Am).

[The Badger]

P2

Boutsen Ginion Racing Oreca 03
Sebastian Loeb racing Oreca 03
TDS Racing Oreca 03
Morand racing Oak/Nissan
AF Racing Int ?
Jota Zytek/Nissan
Orex Honda
Greaves Motorsport Zytek/Nissan

LMPC

Boutsen Ginion Racing

GTE

JMB Ferrari 458
Ram Racing Ferrari 458
Ram Racing Ferrari 458
Almeras Porsche 997
AF Corse Ferrari 458


Anything else to add to the above ?

[Victor_RO]

A set of arrive-and-drive LMPC cars run by Oreca themselves, number of cars probably depends on how many people turn up with money. Also, the Almeras car will be in GTC, along with (for Silverstone at least) an Audi R8 LMS Ultra run by Dragonspeed Racing.

[The Badger]

Murphy is still a possible . Looks like Warren Hughs is on the lookout , so I take it that 3 drivers is now too much .

I happen to know for sure who 1 of the drivers is for Murphy , but he didnt give me permission to post the news , yet .

[Salamus]

It's an okay list but this look eerily similar to last year.

[SpikerJack]

What about Oak, felbermayr, aston martin?

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by SpikerJack

What about Oak, felbermayr, aston martin?

WEC.

[Simmi]

More good news this morning with Sebastien Loeb Racing confirmed:
http://www.endurance-info.com/versio...nce-15294.html

TDS likely to return according to Marcel.
DKR Engineering competing with a Lola according to Laurent Mercier.

[ArnageWRC]

Originally Posted by Simmi

More good news this morning with Sebastien Loeb Racing confirmed:
http://www.endurance-info.com/versio...nce-15294.html

TDS likely to return according to Marcel.
DKR Engineering competing with a Lola according to Laurent Mercier.

Did he announce that whilst driving this morning.....

[Coach Ep]

And now Race Performance also confirms their participation + submitted entry for LM24:

http://www.endurance-info.com/versio...nce-15282.html

It seems around 25 entries are expected in the ELMS his year. Guess we could consider that a success after last year´s painful showings.